Sentence examples for sought refuge behind from inspiring English sources
Men sought refuge behind beach obstacles, pondering the deadly sprint across the beach to the seawall, which offered some safety at the base of the cliff.
Then, after the first barbarian incursions in A.D. 253, the population apparently withdrew from the hill of Sainte-Geneviève and sought refuge behind new walls on the Île de la Cité, which was called Paris, borrowing the name of the ancient Gallic Parisii tribe.
Comte du Daugnon, Brézé's successor, decided set sail to Porto Ercole to made repairs instead of pursuing the Spanish fleet, which had sought refuge behind the Giglio island.
In interviews with more than a dozen civilians who fled to Uganda or sought refuge behind rebel lines, there was no shortage of gut-wrenching accounts of what they characterized as government-led atrocities.
And, as a lifelong Doctor Who fan, he is unapologetic for forcing a new generation of children to seek refuge behind the sofa.
To them, it is the triumph of the aggressor and the re-victimisation of whoever is seeking refuge behind the door.
France as a nation could also be tempted to evade the complex makeup of its diverse population, seeking refuge behind an illusory French traditional identity.
His military bearing, forthright manner and professions of patriotism won many admirers, but to his detractors he was an arrogant lawbreaker seeking refuge behind a patriotic facade and a Marine uniform.
In the event, however, Dumouriez failed to persuade his troops to take part in his treasonable plan and had to seek refuge behind the Austrian lines (April 5), whereupon the Austrians went forward into French Hainaut (April 9).
The Russians had a numerical advantage but soon the tide swung as Drouet's Division, the 2nd of Bernadotte's I Corps, deployed on the flank of the action and allowed French cavalry to seek refuge behind their lines.
Momchil tried to seek refuge behind the city's walls — scholars debate whether he actually held the city or not — but they were shut against him and his men by the locals.
